Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] VMware questions

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> > What is the advantage of the VMware modules that come with DL, over
> > running DL in a VM without the modules?
> 
> Advantages:
> Performance (especially the network driver), some better memory
> management, ability to shut down guest.
> 
> > Do the included DL VMware modules work with ESX 3.5 and ESX 3i, along
> > with the free VMware server?
> 
> Yes they will work on all versions.
> ESX 3.5 actually supports VMI, which is turned on per default in DL. This
> should give it a nice performance boost.
> VMWare Server 2.0 will also support this, but is still in beta (and beta 1
> doesn't run very good).

Yeah ... I tried VMserver 2 beta at home and had all kinds of problems
getting it running.  I ended up going back to version one.

It looks like we might be buying ESX at work.  I'm running the
evaluation now to check it out.  I'm leaning toward 3i.

> > I seem to recall the VM modules are broken in DL 1.3.  Is that still
> > true?  (the VM modules build just aborted for me)  Anything I can do to
> > help fix it?
> 
> No they work now.
> And we're actually using the opensource version.

root:/data/build# scripts/build.sh  build opt=vmmemctl
mount: proc already mounted
mount: none already mounted or /sys busy
mount: according to mtab, none is already mounted on /sys

executing vmmemctl with option build (in /data/build/tmp/vmmemctl-only)
Using 2.6.x kernel build system.
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.24.2/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/data/build/tmp/linux-2.6.24'
  CC [M]  /data/build/tmp/vmmemctl-only/os.o
In file included from /data/build/tmp/vmmemctl-only/os.c:39:
/data/build/tmp/vmmemctl-only/compat_wait.h:37:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined
/data/build/tmp/vmmemctl-only/compat_wait.h:43:5: warning: "VMW_HAVE_EPOLL" is not defined
In file included from /data/build/tmp/vmmemctl-only/os.c:39:
/data/build/tmp/vmmemctl-only/compat_wait.h:60: error: conflicting types for 'poll_initwait'
include/linux/poll.h:65: error: previous declaration of 'poll_initwait' was here
make[2]: *** [/data/build/tmp/vmmemctl-only/os.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/data/build/tmp/vmmemctl-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/build/tmp/linux-2.6.24'
make: *** [vmmemctl.ko] Error 2
ERROR
/data/build/scripts/vmmemctl build failed
check log file /data/build/tmp/LOGS/build/vmmemctl for details
root:/data/build# 


Help?  :-)

 - BS